Coin delivery apparatus



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M ff. 750% Q a/pa qm A-r-roausvs United States Patent O 2,848,005 COIN DELIVERY APPARATUS Arnold R. Buchholz, Watertown, Wis., assignor to Brandt Automatic Cashier Company, Water-town, Wis., a cor poration of Wisconsin Application June 16, 1954, Serial No. 437,138

4 Claims. (Cl. 1334) The invention relates to coin dispensing machines and more particularly to the coin delivery means for such machines.

In the dispensing of coins from coin changer or coin payor machines sometimes the delivery mechanism is arranged to dispense the coins into a cup or receptacle from which they may be picked up by the customer, and in other instances the delivery mechanism is arranged to dispense the coins into a cup or receptacle from which they may be picked up by the operator of the machine. One object of this invention is to provide a coin delivery means for dispensing coins either into a cup accessible to the operator or into a cup accessible to the customer by providing a tiltable coin chute operatively connected to the coin magazine discharge and tiltable by the op erator to a cooperative position with either of said cups.

At the checking out station of self-serve markets where the customers goods are moved along a table and checked by an operator who receives payment for the goods, it is desirable to position the coin changer or. paying machine on the table along which the goods move so that the operator can readily dispense change to the customer on payment for the goods, and a further object of the invention is to provide a coin delivery means on that side of the machine on the goods checking table along which the goods are moved, which means includes a coin receptacle and a bracket having a deflector portion to deflect goods moved along the table from the machine.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of a coin dispensing machine provided with delivery means embodying the invention, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation view of the coin dispensing machine, parts being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a detailed side elevation view of a part of the machine, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 5 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View similar to Fig. 2 showing certain modifications;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of parts shown in Fig. 6, parts being shown in section;

Fig. 8 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 6 designates generally any suitable coin dispensing machine having a coin magazine M from which coins C are pushed by ejector mechanisms under the control of the operator into a chute 7 that runs lengthwise of the magazine, one of the ejector fingers 8 being indicated.

The machine 6 has delivery openings 9 at opposite sides 7 2,848,005 Patented Aug. 19, 1958 thereof. Associated with one of the openings 9 is a coin receiving shallow cup or receptacle 10 which is carried by a bracket 11 detachably mounted on the side of the machine. The bracket 11 is of sheet metal having a flat plate portion 12 to which the cup is secured by screws 13 and having an upturned flange 14 adjacent the cup and a downturned flange 15 at the outer end of a rearwardly extending goods deflector portion 16 having an angled edge 17. The flange 15 is apertured to receive a screw 18 anchored to the side of the machine, and the flange 14 has a keyhole slot 19 to permit it to be inserted over the head of an anchoring screw 20 secured to the side of the machine.

Where machines of this kind are used for dispensing change to customers whose goods are moved along a checking out table, the machine is placed on this table with receptacle 10 facing the customers side of the table, and the rearwardly extending portion 16 of the bracket 11 may then act to deflect any goods away from the cup should the goods come too close to the machine 6 as they are moved along the table. With the machine thus located, the operator of the machine on removing change from the cup 10 can readily hand this change across the counter or table to the customer.

In some transactions in which coin dispensing machines are used it is desirable to be able to dispense coins to a receptacle within reach of the operator or to a receptacle within reach of the customer, and in order to accomplish this in addition to the receptacle 10 I mount a coin delivery device at the other opening 9 of the type having an exteriorly disposed chute section 21 that delivers to a cup or receptacle 22. The coin delivery device here shown is in general similar to that shown and described in U. S. Patent No. 2,163,082, dated June 20, 1939, to Edward I Brandt. With the machine thus arranged so that the device including receptacle 22 projects from one side of the machine and the device including the receptacle 10 projects from the other side of the machine as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, either receptacle may be rendered operative to receive coins from the magazine M by tilting a tiltable chute 23 to a position to engage either a short chute section 24 adjacent one of the openings 9 or a short chute section 25 adjacent the other of the openings 9, there being auxiliary guide chutes 26 and 27 above said openings. For tilting the chute 23, a pivot shaft 28 is secured to its central portion, which shaft is journalled in bearings 29 on fixed side plates 29 forming part of the chute 7, said shaft carrying a bevel gear 30 meshing with a bevel gear 31 at one end of a shaft journalled in a bracket 32 and whose other end carries a bevel gear 33 meshing with a bevel gear 34 on an oscillatory shaft 35 under the control of the operator. The shaft 35 is journalled at its inner end in a bracket 36 and extends through an opening in one side of the machine and carries an exteriorly disposed operating crank 37 whereby the shaft 35 may be turned so as to operate the above described gearing to swing the chute 23 to either of its inclined dispensing positions, one being shown in full lines and the other in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In either position the chute 23 aided by the chutes 26 and 27 will direct any coins pushed into the chute 7 by the ejector mechanisms from the magazine M into the receptacle 10 or 22 that is then lined up with the chute 23.

Instead of the shaft 35 and its gearing connections for oscillating the chute 23 I have shown in Figs. 6 to 8 a simpler and preferred form of chute actuator in which the shaft 28 to which the intermediate portion of the chute 23 is connected carries a crank arm 38 provided with a crank pin 39 that works in a slot 40 in a slidable bar 41. Bar 41 is provided with slots 42 in which guide pins or screws 43, secured to bosses 44 on one of the side plates 29 forming part of the chute 7, work to guide the bar in a horizontal path of movement. Each end of the bar 41 carries a button 45 which is slidable in an opening 46 in a side of the machine. Longitudinal movement of the bar 41 by the operators pressing or pulling on one of the push buttons 45 will act through the slot 40 on the crank pin 39 and crank 38 to tilt the chute 23 to one of its dispensing positions, the projecting button 45 as shown in Fig. 6 then acting as an indicator of the chutes position.

For maintaining the chute 23 in either of its tilted positions I provide a toggle link associated with the crank 38. This link includes a pin 47 pivoted on the crank pin 39 and working in a bore 48 in a cylinder 49 pivotally mounted on a supporting screw 50. A spring 51 is interposed between the inner end of the bore 48 and the pin 47. With this arrangement as the bar 41 is shifted by the operator to swing the chute 23 to either of its operative positions, the link formed by pin 47 and cylinder 48 cooperates with the crank arm 38 to form a toggle linkage which is broken in either of the operative positions of the chute and held in this position by the spring 51. A dispensing structure similar to the chute section 21 and the cup or receptacle 20 may be mounted in operative position relative to the side opening 9 opposite to that for the cup 10 shown in Fig. 6 in the same way that these parts are shown in Fig. 4.

I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as such limitations are included in the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a coin dispensing machine having delivery openings at opposite sides thereof, the combination of a coin receptacle accessible to the operator of the machine and secured to the machine in line with one of said openings, an exteriorly extending chute mounted on the machine to receive coins from the other of said openings and connected to a receptacle accessible to a customer, a coin magazine, a coin discharge passage from said magazine, a chute pivotally mounted intermediate its ends and adapted to receive coins from said passage, an operator controlled reciprocatory bar operable from either side of the machine and provided with a slot, and a crank arm carried by the pivot for said last named chute and having a crank pin working in said slot to swing said chute to a position to deliver coins to said first named receptacle or to a position for delivering coins to said exteriorly extending chute.

2. In a coin dispensing machine having delivery openings at opposite sides thereof, the combination of a coin receptacle accessible to the operator of the machine and secured to the machine in line with one of said openings, an exteriorly extending chute mounted on the machine to receive coins from the other of said openings and connected to a receptacle accessible to a customer, a coin magazine, a coin discharge passage from said magazine,

a chute pivotally mounted intermediate its ends and adapted to receive coins from said passage, an operator controlled reciprocatory bar operable from either side of the machine and provided with a slot, a crank arm carried by the pivot for said last named chute and having a crank pin working in said slot to swing said chute to a position to deliver coins to said first named receptacle or to a position for delivering coins to said exteriorly extending chute, and a spring biased link operatively connected to said crank arm to hold said tiltable chute in either of its operating positions.

3. In a coin dispensing machine having delivery openings at opposite sides thereof, the combination of a coin receptacle accessible to the operator of the machine and secured to the machine in line with one of said openings, an exteriorly extending chute mounted on the machine to receive coins from the other of said openings and connected to a receptacle accessible to a customer, a coin magazine, a coin discharge passage from said magazine, downwardly inclined fixed chute sections above said openings, upwardly inclined fixed chute sections projecting inwardly from the bottoms of said openings, a chute pivotally mounted intermediate its ends and engageable alternately with the fixed chute section for one opening and the fixed chute section above the other opening to form therewith an inclined bottom for said discharge passage to direct coins alternately to said openings, and operator controlled means for swinging said chute to either of its operative positions.

4. In a coin dispensing machine having delivery openings at opposite sides thereof, the combination of a coin receptacle secured to the machine in line with one of said openings, a coin dispensing device mounted on the machine to receive coins from the other of said openings, a coin magazine, a coin discharge passage from said magazine, a chute pivotally mounted intermediate its ends and forming a portion of the bottomof said discharge passage and disposed entirely within said passage and adapted to receive coins from said passage, spaced fixed chute sections on opposite sides of said discharge passage projecting inwardly from the bottoms of said openings and alternately engageable with the opposite ends of said chute to complete the bottom of said discharge passage when said chute is operatively positioned relative to said openings, and operator controlled means for swinging said chute to its alternate dispensing positions.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,944,313 Brandt Jan. 23, 1934 2,073,870 Johns Mar. 16, 1937 2,190,094 Brenchley Feb. 13, 1940 2,311,732 Buchholz Feb. 23, 1943 2,368,872 Patterson Feb. 6, 1945 2,631,689 Rubaloif Mar; 17, 1953 2,776,730 Crawford Jan. 8, 1957 

